Jol bemoans midfield after Saints slip up

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SOUTHAMPTON 2 vs FULHAM 2

FULHAM boss Martin Jol was left to rue his team’s lack of midfield spark after the west Londoners fought back from a difficult first half but could only draw against newly-promoted Southampton yesterday.

Saints defender Jose Fonte bookended the game with two headed goals at the beginning and end of the match. The latter denied Fulham all three points after a Jos Hooiveld own goal and Kieran Richardson strike had put the visitors 2-1 up.

“We didn’t play our football [in the first half] and normally you need a bit of quality,” Jol said. “The first pass was not good enough, we couldn’t turn and get the ball to our better players to the front four.”